Medication and Pharmacology Terms

A reserve antibiotic for stubborn gram-negative bacteria, given by injection and watched closely for effects on hearing and kidneys.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitors.

A colorless building block that tumor cells convert into a red-glowing pigment, used both to reveal tissue and to destroy it.

A drug used to treat actinic keratosis (a skin condition that may become cancer).

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.

A drug used to treat certain types of abnormal heart rhythms that have not gotten better with other drugs.

Better known today for nerve pain, migraine and sleep than for depression, this older antidepressant acts on a wide range of receptors.

A drug that is used to treat depression and may be given to treat anxiety, sleep disorders, and pain.

Amphotericin B remains an option for severe fungal infections even though its use requires balancing effectiveness against a recognized risk to the kidneys.

A substance being studied in the treatment of lung cancer.

A drug that is used to decrease the number of platelets in the blood in order to prevent blood clotting.

The classes act at different points along the pain pathway, which is why one may help where another does nothing.

Names ending in -caine mark the local anesthetics, a family descended from cocaine, the first substance found to numb living tissue.

A drug that starves growth by cutting the signal for new plumbing, given to far more people for eye disease than for cancer.

A drug that is used to lower blood pressure.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antineoplastic antibiotics.

Occupying the lock without turning it: the value of the drug lies entirely in what it prevents, never in what it does.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called anticancer antibiotics.